A nested conditional is an if statement placed inside the block of another if, elif or else. You use nesting when a second decision only makes sense after the first one has been made: first check that a user is logged in, then, only for logged-in users, check whether they are an administrator. The inner decision is not even considered unless the program has entered the outer block.
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